The Tersan Shipyard in Türkiye has laid the keel for the cable-laying vessel (CLV) it is constructing for South Korean subsea cable installation company LS Marine Solution. LS Marine Solution and the shipyard signed a contract for the construction of the vessel in June 2025, followed by the start of
Jan De Nul’s extra-large cable-laying vessel (CLV) Fleeming Jenkin has started sea trials, soon to be followed by its twin, William Thomson. Jan De Nul placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard in October 2023, followed by an order for William Thomson in May the following y
An offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) that Norwegian shipbuilder Vard is building for Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has been launched in Romania and will now go to Norway for final outfitting. The 121.3-metre-long vessel of Vard 3 39 design is said to be a highly versatile platform d
Acta Marine’s new construction service operation vessel (CSOV), Acta Gemini, has started operating at the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK after the vessel completed its shakedown and mobilisation period. Under a long-term charter agreement with RWE, Acta Gemini will provide offshore accommodation
Seaway7 is set to begin installing the pin piles for the jacket foundations at the 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland, according to a Notice to Mariners issued by Inch Cape Offshore Limited. Meanwhile, the project’s wind turbine components have been arriving at the Port of Dundee ahead
NextOcean has secured a contract to equip Esvagt’s service operation vessel (SOV) Esvagt Njord with its WavePredictor vessel-motion prediction technology. The system will be used to support offshore operations at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK, where Esvagt Njord has been deployed for oper
MacGregor has received DNV certification for floating-to-floating (F2F) personnel transfers using its Horizon gangway following a sea acceptance test. For F2F operations, the gangway uses a purpose-designed flap at its tip instead of the docking head used for conventional fixed-structure landings. L
Van Oord has completed the installation of all 111 monopile foundations at the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. The foundation installation campaign, which started in May, covered 107 monopiles for the project’s wind turbines and four foundations for the offshore substat
Dajin Heavy Industry and Haventus, the owner and developer of Ardersier Port in Scotland, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore combining Dajin’s manufacturing and transport capability with Ardersier’s port infrastructure to support both fixed-bottom and floating wind projects i
